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ABC Manufacturing Company will invest in a stamping plant in Madison Ohio. The p

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Question

ABC Manufacturing Company will invest in a stamping plant in Madison Ohio. The plant requires an initial outlay of $100,000,000. Net cash inflows from the project are expected to be $40,000,000 for the first year, $35,000,000 for year 2 and 3, and $15,000,000 for years 4 through 10, at which time the stamping plant will be sold for scrap for $10,000,000. If the stamping plant's cost of capital is 10%:

9 What is the projects NPV (closest answer)

a. 52,500,000

b. 51,200,000

c. 50,306,000

d 50,000,000

10 What is the project's IRR (closest answer)

a. 20.00%

b. 21.00%

c. 22.00%

d 23.00%

e 24.00%

Explanation / Answer

year PV factor PV cashflow 0 initial outlay           (100,000,000) 1         (100,000,000) 1 inflow                40,000,000 0.9091              36,363,636 2                35,000,000 0.8264              28,925,620 3                35,000,000 0.7513              26,296,018 4                15,000,000 0.6830              10,245,202 5                15,000,000 0.6209                9,313,820 6                15,000,000 0.5645                8,467,109 7                15,000,000 0.5132                7,697,372 8                15,000,000 0.4665                6,997,611 9                15,000,000 0.4241                6,361,464 10                25,000,000 0.3855                9,638,582 NPV              50,306,434 closet answer c. 50,306,000 year 24% 0 initial outlay (100,000,000) 1 (100,000,000) 1 inflow        40,000,000 0.806451613        32,258,065 2        35,000,000 0.650364204        22,762,747 3        35,000,000 0.524487261        18,357,054 4        15,000,000 0.422973598          6,344,604 5        15,000,000 0.34110774          5,116,616 6        15,000,000 0.275086887          4,126,303 7        15,000,000 0.221844264          3,327,664 8        15,000,000 0.178906664          2,683,600 9        15,000,000 0.144279568          2,164,194 10        25,000,000 0.11635449          2,908,862 NPV                49,709 IRR 24%